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Literature related to Lapeer County, MI genealogy


History Books

History of Lapeer County, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (1884) by H. R. Page

Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators (1888) by Stephen D. Bingham (to download pdf, click the gear in upper right)

History of Michigan (1889) by Sarah Lieb

Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan (1892)

History of Michigan (1906) by Lawton T. Hemans

Lapeer Area (2006) by Catherine Ulrich Brakefield

Eastern Lapeer County (2014) by Catherine Ulrich Brakefield

Rails Around the Thumb by T. J. Gaffney also see the video

Oakdale: The Lapeer State Home by Laura Fromwiller and Jan Gillis

Pioneer families and history of Lapeer County, Michigan, with 15,000 names indexed (1978) J. Dee Ellis, compiler (I am trying to find a copy of this.)

Transcribed Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Archives

Newspapers.com
This is the best resource, but it isn't free.

Chronicling America from the Library of Congress

Digital Michigan Newspapers

Michigan Online Historical Newspapers Summary at The Ancestor Hunt

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Detroit Free Press (1831-1922)
(Free one-day trial.)

Current Newspapers

The County Press (Lapeer County)

Lapeer Area View

The Brown City Banner


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